Jumer’s bear moves to Downtown Peoria to watch over coffee drinkers

The bear is back. The stuffed bear that once graced the hallways of Jumer’s Castle Lodge, one of the many arcane artifacts that made Jumer’s unique (along with the cinnamon rolls), has moved to a cafe soon to open in Downtown Peoria.

The Thirty-Thirty Coffee Co., 734 Main St., is the bear’s new home, a coffee place that’s due to open Nov. 7, said Dan Williamson, one of the co-owners along with Ty Paluska and Steve Elmore.

The unique flat-iron style building that houses Margie’s Cleaners, has been the scene of major resconstruction for much of the year as a spacious cafe has been created in space that housed offices. “The grand opening will actually be held on Friday, Nov. 25, the day after Thanksgiving when the Santa Claus Parade brings thousands into the downtown,” said Williamson.

“But we’ll put the ‘Now Open’ sign up on Nov. 7,” he said.

The thirty-thirty (so called because of the latitudes where coffee is grown on the planet) operation
will grind your coffee while you wait — or serve you what’s been freshly brewed. And you can drink it under the stare of a bear.

Author: Steve Tarter

Born in England, raised in Boston, I'm a Midwestern transplant who's called Peoria home for the past 40 years. Married with four grown children, I enjoy journalism, film noir and radio drama. As the song goes, I like coffee; I like tea. Former president of the Apollo Theater in Downtown Peoria, I'm looking for a new raison d'etre.
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